On following up her massive album "21": "I'm having lots of meetings since I've been in L.A. But I've been out of the loop really, just singing my baby nursery rhymes. I'm definitely going to visit Paul Epworth."

On following up her massive album "21": "I'm having lots of meetings since I've been in L.A. But I've been out of the loop really, just singing my baby nursery rhymes. I'm definitely going to visit Paul Epworth." (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

On a Beach Boys reunion tour: "No, I don't think so," he said plainly when asked if the band would again perform together after their big 50th reunion tour last year, where Wilson was essentially fired by Mike Love, another one of the group's founding members.

On a Beach Boys reunion tour: "No, I don't think so," he said plainly when asked if the band would again perform together after their big 50th reunion tour last year, where Wilson was essentially fired by Mike Love, another one of the group's founding members. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)